Sivakarthikeyan's latest political period drama film Parasakthi is heading to OTT, three weeks after its theatrical run. The Sudha Kongara-directorial stars Ravi Mohan as the antagonist, Sreeleela as the female lead, along with Atharvaa in a key role, is all set to stream on ZEE5 from February 7 onwards.
Released ahead of the Pongal festival on January 10, the film follows the story of Chezhiyan (Sivakarthikeyan), and his part in the anti-Hindi agitations of 1960's Tamil Nadu. Upon release, Parasakthi was met with mixed reviews from fans and critics. While it earned over Rs 12 crore on its first day, the film's revenue dwindled down in the second and third weeks. It crossed over Rs 100 crore globally in its box office run.
Our CE review of the Parasakthi read, "If the film gets one thing inarguably right, it is how it dismisses the most recurring slander against the movement at the outset: it is not against Hindi or Hindi speakers but against the administrative imposition of the language. We hear it repeated more than thrice throughout various points in the film. Director Sudha Kongara takes great pains to make sure that the film does not villanise any language or community. A commendable task. If only a fraction of that effort and nuance also went into portraying the inner world of those who fought for language rights, Parasakthi would have been impactful.
Parasakthi 's extended cast includes Kulappulli Leela, Prakash Belawadi, Dev Ramnath, Prithvi Rajan, Guru Somasundaram and Chetan, with cameo appearances from Rana Daggubati and Basil Joseph.
Sudha has written the film along with Arjun Nadesan, with an additional screenplay by Ganeshaa and dialogues by Madhan Karky and Shan Karuppusamy. The crew of the film includes GV Prakash as the music composer who had marked his 100th film as a music director, Ravi K Chandran as the cinematographer and Sathish Surya as the editor. Aakash Baskaran produced the film under his Dawn Pictures banner.
Dev Ramnath served as the creative producer, along with MP Senthel and Rhea Kongara, who were the executive producers.